Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

Will the Leader provide for an emergency debate on the discussion in the United Nations between our permanent representative and those of other countries on the resolution relating to Iraq? The position is serious and the Seanad must be either relevant or redundant. It must debate the issues that are most important in the world. We must give space and an opportunity to Hans Blix, the UN chief weapons inspector, to carry out his duties in Iraq to discover the truth and not just the propaganda perpetrated about the situation in Iraq. The House should be concerned about the unprovoked attack in Yemen, an independent republic—